What Happened After I Lived On A Banana Only Detox Diet For 12 Days.

Find out what happened to Yulia after she stayed on a banana only diet, know as a 'banana island' for 12 days. A banana island or a mono fruit island is a detox challenge that has many benefits. Yulia describes her banana island and what she experienced during it in this video. She also gives tips on how you can do this mono raw fruit diet detox challenge.

203 Responses to What Happened After I Lived On A Banana Only Detox Diet For 12 Days.

Hi Yulia!! I am thinking in going through a banana island in another try to finally solve candidiasis (brain fog, dizziness, fatigue, blurred visionetc) My idea is to give a try to banana island, then orange island, then orange juice island and finally water only fasting in case I do not succeed in the previous practises. Do you think is a good plan? I am now in 811rv with no overfats. Thank you very much and congratulations for your web site and experience. Armando Moretti

See how you get along. Some people overcome candida on the banana island or a mono island, others require fasting. Personally, in my case, orange juice/fruit juice would make things worse as it lacks fiber. I would love to hear about your experience, please keep in touch to update on your progress.

Thanks for your comment Yulia! I will follow your advise and get the ripped bananas first to ensure my provision. I agree with you in relation to orange fiber, maybe I can do an orange island with the whole orange, it sounds better and makes more sense. I will keep you updated on how is it going

I did a 14 day banana island. I was trying for 21 days but just couldn’t do it any longer. In hindsight I wish I had listened to my body and ended the island earlier. It took awhile before i could eat bananas again ha ha. I really liked how little time and thought it took to just eat bananas. It was very interesting and it definitely further convinced me that mono meals are the way to go! simple is best!

After watching this video, I decided to go on a Banana Island for about a week. I tried it last week, and on the third day I had to stop. I experienced extreme fatigue and emotions all over the place (more so than usual, lol). My skin broke out pretty badly. I also noticed that I had a metallic taste in my mouth. My husband told me that my breath smelled metallic also. On the second day, I ended up with what I thought might have been a toothache. By the third day, my toothache was worse and that side of my head hurt. The metallic taste was much worse too. I was also quite nauseous. I was pretty frightened about the metallic taste and that day I decided to eat other foods, as long as they were raw fruits and veggies. As soon as I ate a mango, my toothache went away and the taste of metal also went away.
Do you have any idea what the metallic taste and the toothache were all about? Should I have kept doing the Banana Island, or was I right to stop?
I should add that a few days after this experience, my complexion is much brighter and I feel like I have more energy than usual.
Thank you so much for your informative website. It really helps me stay on track!

Some people do experience a metallic taste in their mouth when going through a detox, though there can be other reasons for it as well, which can include dental issues, medications that you may be taking, not drinking enough water. If you have metal fillings in your teeth/tooth pain it may be very worth your while getting them checked by your dentist.

Generally speaking spotted bananas are riper and so better to eat as the starch has broken down into simple sugars and so is much easier to digest by the stomach. Are they eating their bananas with other foods or just after they have eaten other foods/have been drinking something? This can cause them to suffer burping. We have an article on our website rawsomehealthy about ‘Food Combining’ – just do a search, it is very informative.

Anyone who is a type 2 diabetic and wanted to do banana island we would firstly recommend them switching to a low fat raw food diet with initially eating semi acid or acid fruits, lots of greens and no overt fats, which incl things like nuts/seeds/avocado etc until completely off insulin. Type 1 diabetics can also receive great benefit by following a low fat raw food diet.

Hi Yulia~ obviously you are really in great shape. I read an interview you did with ‘Lovin’ It Raw~Allison. The diet you had been enjoying at that time was a lot of juicier fruits, and felt less need for greens, and I don’t remember exactly, but I think less interest in the sweeter or less water rich fruits. Since that was working for you, what prompted the trip to the islands? Just was curious, as your diet was a simple raw diet for some time I would guess.

Hi Yulia~ obviously you are really in great shape. I read an interview you did with ‘Lovin’ It Raw~Allison. The diet you had been enjoying at that time was a lot of juicier fruits, and felt less need for greens, and I don’t remember exactly, but I think less interest in the sweeter or less water rich fruits. Since that was working for you, what prompted the trip to the islands? Just was curious, as your diet was a simple raw diet for some time I would guess.

If someone is suffering from kidney disease then they may not be able to easily process the potassium in the bananas they eat, which could cause them problems and so should seek medical advive, but for a healthy person eating lots of bananas is not an issue!

I plan to give this a try. Glad I watched your video. I am an 80/10/10′r. My diet is all organic, all raw, all fruit/greens/vegies. No avocados, no nuts. I have a problem with overt fats of any kind. I have some days where all I want is fruit. I love bananas!!!

Just found your channel! I love that you are Russian. My 15 yr old has been trying to learn Russain on his own because we cannot afford (or find!) a tutor! Thanks for this help, I am going to try it. Been raw/vegan since feb this year. I did a 60 day juice detox prior so I can do this. Thanks much!

I’m not sure what to do. I had candida before starting the raw vegan low fat diet. I am really disappinted because I have my doctor has found the yeast overgrowth much higher. The fatigue is extreme. nausea, fever, and a really bad rash behind the knee. I am really disappointed about this, but I feel so sick.

Maybe it’s because I live in California, but I’ve always been surrounded by vegans and such and I’ve only experienced self-righteous humorlessness from my cow-munching, trailer-trash family. “God gave them to us to eat” and all that. Evidently it was my duty to eat whatever came my way, and I had to get really good at sneaking stuff to the dog under the table or I’d get the most humorless spanking you’ve ever seen. Yikes!

If you didn’t understand that it wasn’t an actual island, you should’ve had googled for Banana Island/ Mono Fruit Island before posting this…

@rawsomehealthy
Do you live in New Zealand or Australia? Where do you get your amount of bananas (I live in Germany, they’re almost all imported here and thus not really affordable at normal supermarkets, plus not organic)? Can I try this even if I’m only ‘normal’ vegan (no going raw until I earn my own money and/or emigrate^^)?
Thanks =)

You may want to add some greens to your banana diet as you progress through it. Eating proper meals that leave you feeling fully satiated are always healthier than eating many small meals all through the day (grazing).

It’s not as much what you eat, but what nutrients are involved. Less saturated fats, salt, processed sugar/toxins. More B12,Omega 3, and lots of water, along with the other nutrients we use. Less meats, grain/seed protein, healthy fats more fruit/veggies. From what I’ve seen it’s all about not what kind of food you eat, but getting those essential nutrients. Fruititarians, Mediterranean diets, and Asian*starch diets* seem to be doing the best! So there are choices for everyone.

fruitarianism has also elderly representatives. Anette Larkins, Douglas Graham, Lou Corona, Dr. Lockhart, Richard Gambino, Tim Van Orden (not that old, but still over 40), Don Kidson, … there are more, but indeed far less then there are that do a starch-based diet. And that is more because a starch-based diet is much easyer to follow in our society then a fruitarian diet, so there are just a lot more people who can represent it.

WOW! You are so beautiful! My family have been eating a 100% raw for 9 yrs. We avoid nuts totally! I am overweight. Have seasonal allergies; get severe headaches. I need to change something drastically soon. You look healthy and beautiful

Oils well actually medium chain fatty acids out of coconut oil and part of a healthy diet and not fragmented nutrition. I had some friends with allergies like hay fever and although they had a healthy diet like you the allergies wouldn’t go away. So i told them to try out coconut oil. And guess what after 3 weeks the allergies were gone. Just saying,.. maybe you dunno the health benefits of it yet. Keep an open mind. Peace !

You can get fatty acids from eating a nutrient balanced whole food without the need to consume oils which are processed and 100% fat. This is the way we advocate getting fatty acids and as such is completely natural. Peace

Coconut oil is not processed at least the one i use is pure natural cold pressed. Saturated fat like coconut oil contains lauric acid which your body converts into monolaurin which has antibacterial,.. antiviral and antiprozoal properties. Certain blue zones like hawai have a higher average quality age and that has been the case for thousands of years. Why do people there sustain more quality at an older age. According to reasearch coconut oil was very involved together with healthy nutrition.

I was interested in the banana only diet for detox reasons….as I consume mostly processed foods.My question is….I know you went on the diet for weeks, but I know I cant commit to that, so would it be any good if I did it for 3 days, or would it be a lost cause?—-And im saying 3 days because I have to be honest with myself….of years of processed foods, I there is no way I could commit to it for weeks.So would it do my body any good if I did it for only 3 days?Thanks

What I am curious about is that if the goal of being “raw” and healthy, why you are pumping yourself full of tons and tons of sugar to “detoxify”? Bananas are not nearly as detoxifying as leafy greens, vegetables, and other more juicy fruits. Your body needs some fat and protein to build itself, but it can do quite fine without carbohydrates and sugar that bananas are chock full of. Why not try eating more greens than fruit, considering they are much more nourishing and arent’ loaded w/ sugar?

I just finished by third day of banana island tonight and I think I am done with it. I want to go for some clementines tomorrow and I didn’t experience any digestion improvements. In fact, my bowel movements were subpar (my bananas were super ripe). I did have insane amounts of energy and my mood was really great!

Cohavideos, I cant reply to any comments anymore since google took over things, but I can tell you sugar is not and never has been the enemy.. it is not toxic and every cell in your body runs on it. Thini about it, withour sugar what are you left with? Fat is all you have to go on and you dont want that. Believing sugar is toxic is like believing oxygen is bad for us

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While I didn’t just eat bananas alone I have to agree with her. I ate 10-15 bananas a day for 2 months (I had other fruits and veggies during my day too so not just all bananas). I have to say that when I increased the bananas I felt great and I can understand how this can be a great thing. Prior to this I only had 0-2 bananas in a day so wasn’t a big deal. Now I have 100 bananas in the home almost continually to snack on. Not sure if I’ll ever take it above 15 but I’m 100% raw vegan so all fruits, veggies, and nuts is what I eat and it feels great.

Thanks for this. I’m planning to do my own “banana island” at the end of this month. I have 12 days. Do you think 1 case of bananas will be enough? I was thinking I would buy them a week in advance so I had time to ripen them.

Going on banana island was fun for me. I did it for about a week, a little over. The results were extreme amount of energy(I was a big guy then, 250 pounds) but I ran everyday and no matter where I went it usually involved running. I lost a good 10 pounds, though I was still vegan before this diet, but not for too long, so it was a really great way to keep me motivated. I will say it burned through my money quickly because I’m in canada and unless the bananas are GMO, they’re pretty expensive (1.29/pound). Thanks for sharing this video guys, it’s great stuff!

I’m going to try bananas / lettuce. Can’t start til tomorrow (already had watermelon today). These are foods I’ve felt I can live on anyway. I have a gut feeling this is going to work for me. Thanks for your post

was there a reason you couldn’t eat celery or cucumbers or lettuce or any other low glycemic fruit or vegetable with the banana diet? this sounds like one of those Heywire diets where you lose weight then gain it back and then some. it just doesn’t make sense its not normal to eat one food for a prolonged period Of time

Rocco,I’ll check it out. I suggest you check out “Call Me By My True Names” a collection of poetry written by Thich Nhat Hanh about compassion. Education is an ongoing process for the heart, the spirit and the body. Educate yourself…he is the real deal! PeaceF

I wanna try this…I’m sick of feeling like a bloated fat pig…Gonna give it a shot 3/24/14..Will try to do it for total of 5 days… That would be amazing if accomplished..Bananas and water…Let’s do this!!

Sounds good I’ve been eating raw only fruit an veggies an lots of water for 6-7 days now an I’m down 6 lb. I’ll tag along with the other 2 an start Banana Diet March 24:)Thank you so much for sharing yor experince…

Thank You so much for this video .. I just began my journey on a fruitarian/raw vegan diet. So far I’m enjoying it instead of loathing it! I have been eating loads of bananas and my body really seems to like it. I’m NEVER hungry! Also greens and 100% juices. What are your thoughts on Spirulina and also Roasted Sea Weed (usually has some canola oil & sea salt on it).

It seems a bit extreme to me. Around 20 bananas a day would give you around 2,000 calories (more or less) but double the amount of carbohydrate and triple the amount of fibre. I would only think it worthwhile if this were reduced to around ten bananas together with a multi vitamin supplement and for women an iron supplement. Possibly also protein from whey or something similar.It probably does not do monkeys any harm but I would not have thought that humans ought to do it too often.

Glad you enjoyed it! I’m currently on banana island atm! Loving it,
interesting you mentioned about water, i’ve been drinking lots and making
sure i’m still hydrated, but I do feel like I need to drink more, any idea
why this is?

I am eating no meat, lots of fruit and veg, juices, but also eating
homemade granola, with oats, pecans, honey, soy margarine, chia seeds, like
that. It is a great treat, but I am not losing weight. Is that why? I
also eat one serving of plain yogurt per day, but I am going to stop that
as soon as this container of yogurt is gone. What do you think?

I would advise that you add a medical disclaimer. There are actually some
individuals for whom this diet would not be recommended, one of them being
those who take potassium-sparing medications. Otherwise, if you are
basically healthy, I do not think you can do harm on 12 days of bananas
only (if you have lots of water too, of course, like you recommend).

Banana plantations are a major source of rainforest destruction, as well as
unfair trade. Mainly large corporations simply rape the land in third world
countries so they can make huge profit from misinformed people such as
yourselves..
Is it not obvious that the key to good health is diversity? That means
variety people; lots of different colours and textures. Not just a whole
bunch of bananas.. These aren’t even natural. Real bananas had so many
seeds that made them nearly inedible.
DIET is simply about caloric intake… it’s that simple. If you are
concerned about loosing weight simply have a caloric deficit; if you want
to be healthy, eat a variety of foods, LOCAL and wild if possible!! Go to
your local farmers market. Buy fresh vegetables and meats. Stop following
fads.. it’s ridiculous that this vid has so many views.

Our bodies RUN ON GLUCOSE. Fruit is our friend! People FAST on water and
juice for up to 40 days (or longer). Our Digestion uses 80% of our energy.
When we fast, or even mono diet, all our body systems go to rest and start
cleansing processes. bananas, and all fruit supply us with everything we
need! 80 percent carbs, 10 percent protein, and 10 percent fat is the
OPTIMAL ratio for our body, and this is exactly what most fruits are. you
guys, READ AND RESEARCH. there are literally thousands of books on fasting
and fruitarianism and their benefits, people have been doing it for ages.
animals naturally fast when they are sick. mono dieting is a beautiful way
to relax the system and REBALANCE on every level. if you have questions, do
not criticize this woman who is spreading the truth, read and educate
yourself on this! Clearly you are interested or you wouldn’t have clicked
this video!

Half of you are gravely mis-informed. Why? Water fasting only was performed
by our greatest religious leaders for 40 days and they didnt die. Your body
will tell you when it wants food again. You dont need liver, protein,
nothingPlease google water fasting or “water fasting dr. kepler” and youll
see that going into ketosis so you feed on your own body fat is for
most(not all) people even better than banana fiet, but why not do both in
the same year or time period? So many of you are calcified into your body
needs this or that or it wont be well but how many of us are medication
free and have unlimited energy on a balanced diet? Vegan or not! See my
point? I am on a water only fast and in 5th day and already I need less
medication than every before. You can also try most any “raw” mono diet
with good sucess im sure. Jesus and Moses seemed to know what they were
doing. Word is by medical doctors who detox people with water is that your
body will tell you when to eat again. You will have a clean tongue and
hunger will return naturally after its disappeared after day 3-5. Im going
to look into this bannana diet as Im always sluggish on a typical balanced
diet eating only fish and nuts for protein and it still sucks. For
me…water fasting is the highest you can go in cleansing. But everyones
genetics and body is different.

I also went on a banana island for my first time for 3 days and it was
AMAZING. I experienced many of the same things. Great digestion, feeling
deep peace, my best athletic performance, less desire to procrastinate,
unprecedented mental clarity, so much good vibes, and it really did seem
like more time was given to me to complete everything I wanted to for that
day. My only wish was that I had kept doing banana island longer!

I just saw last week on the TV show The Drs last week and they stated the
banana island is dangerous and after 10 bananas your heart can stop due to
too much potassium. How was your heart? Have you come across anyone who
had heart issues while on banana island or ended up in a hospital because
of it? I was thinking about doing it but want to investigate first.

What is it in bananas that makes people talk so much, and want to tell
everyone about their experiences and share them and talk about themselves
all the time and become so self involved?
Can’t people just eat the damn banana and invent something usefull, or
write or paint? It’s always exercise, banana, exercise,banana.
Drives me up the wall.

I was sick and in a wheelchair for 8 months because of an odd sickness, i
learnt about raw vegan and the banana island and ate bananas and greens for
one week. At the end of the week i was out of my wheelchair and walking
with a cane, i continued eating raw foods with one cooked vegan meal in the
evening and the energy and clarity of mind blew me away. One year later i
hiked 24km in the mountains. Today i am healthier than i ever have been.
Hannah 17yrs old

I hope that anyone watching this video will use their common sense and
realize this is a company selling a product. Eating just one food, and
nothing else for twelve days, is hazardous to your health. Bananas contain
lots of carbs, but NO PROTEIN. So eating just bananas and nothing else will
cause a severe protein deficiency. In other words, you’ll get sick. The
attractive lady in this video appears to be quite healthy. But as the old
saying goes, don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

People are meant and designed to eat raw ripe fruit according to Dr. Robert
Morse.Protein is acid forming in the cells.Your body does not even use
protein until after the protein is broken down into amino acids with great
stress put on your body.Raw ripe fruits and vegetables have plenty of amino
acids already in them.

To Charles Carter,I do not practice nutrition,I live it.All the information
I gave here I learned from Dr. Robert Morse,who has various degrees in
nutrition,biology,ect.But the difference between Dr. Morse and other
doctors or practitioners is Dr. Morse actually helps people heal from
degenerative conditions, from diabetes to cancer.All with out toxic
drugs.Dr. Morse uses raw ripe fruits and herbs to do this.Do not think just
because someone has all kinds of degrees they really know what they are
doing in the health industry.Most doctors do not even know how to help
people heal.

I am not sure about bananas. It could be the water and the weather also
contribute to health. More sufficient minerals are available in food in
this Island. People lived in Arab land ate dates and they were healthy. Now
a days they eat every food like Americans and they have all diseases you
name it.

Bananas are radio active and release ionizing radiation which is detectable
with a Geiger counter. How radio active does she become after eating all
of those bananas?
Think all of that radiation is decreasing her life and increasing her
chances for getting cancer?

Lol- yes its high in carbs which = lots of seratonin = happy, stable moods.
High in sugar meaning energy levels stay up, and all the cells in your body
come alive with the constant raw food sugar hits! Have never felt tired or
sluggish or foggy in my head living on fruit only, its the complete reverse
i have so much energy, brain and body working on all cycliners. Its LOW FAT
which is fantastic as who wants a big heavy body to lug around? Who wants
clogged artieries, and early death? FYI : my grandfather when he decided he
really didnt want to go on living (he was about 80 something years old at
the time) anymore starting eating bacon and egg cook ups every morning
followed by more eggs and meat throughout the day- he ended up getting
dementa, lived in a home and has since passed away. BE CLEAN AND LEAN TO
LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE PEOPLE THIS ISNT ROCKET SCIENCE!! I think the biggest
battle is undoing all the programming and indoctronating that the mass
media and corporations have drowned on the people so that industries which
make lots of money continue to do so!! I think anyone with half a brain
would/should know this??!! Anyway, lots of low fat high carb calories
weather it be from bananas or other types of fruit and veg is what we all
should put in out body PERIOD. !!

Also RE the protein issue : The world health organisation determined back
in the 1970′s that only 2.5% of our daily calorie intake should come from
protein and this diet in the video gives at least 5% of that. I recommend
people do their OWN research on why eating animals and animal based
products are so bad for them – not to mention the utter horendous cruelty
that each and every animal has to go through which quite frankly is just
abonable. With no joke.. imagine the horror you would go through being put
into a meat grinder when your still alive or bled out and cut up while your
still alive..can you just imagine that put yourself in that position
metopharically for one moment…yeah..words are hard to describe. There is
a huge disconnect between people in society and we truly are seperated by
the utter bullshit that we are fed via media and its own interests. They
dont care about us. They never will. They want people to get sick and die
because really the “economy” and the “system” would not work should
everyone life healthy, long lives. It really wouldnt. So just my two cents
because i do feel passionatly about this subject and it seems others need
to understand it more so they can make their OWN EDUCATED decisions.
Peace.

To Destiny Morale who sent me an email. Your comment is that bananas
contain 1.3 gms of protein, so if you eat 30 or 40 bananas a day, you’ll
get plenty of protein. Not true! 1. Bananas contain an incomplete protein.
Meaning without all 20 amino acids, especially the essential amino acids –
EAA – your body can’t make a complete protein. Without a complete protein,
your body can’t use it. So your body then breaks down protein from muscles
to supply the missing AA’s. This is called negative nitrogen balance and
the incomplete protein is excreted in the urine. You’re losing protein. 2.
During this process, you will lose muscle tissue. Along with losing muscle
comes fluid loss. On the scale it will show up as weight lost but you are
not aware its muscle and fluid instead of fat. Fat loss will only occur
when you take in less calories. 3. To Helena on the juice diet, you may not
have felt bad or noticed this was happening, but it was. Eventually you
would have gotten sick and dehydrated and suffered a protein deficiency. 4.
30 to 40 grams of protein might be ok for a smaller person, but not enough
for a larger person. 5. Any diet that advocates eating just one food is a
gimmick. After you buy the book or whatever else these people are selling,
how long do you think you can eat 40 bananas a day. 6. Foods that have a
small or trace amount of incomplete protein are not considered sources of
protein in our diet. Fruit is not considered a source of protein for all
the reasons I just mentioned. You can’t survive on fruit alone. 6.
Nutrition is a complicated subject which requires education in
biochemistry, physiology, and food chemistry, so don’t take any nutrition
advice from anyone unless they are state Licensed Nutritionists. 7. Lastly,
these ladies and gentleman ARE eating high protein foods along with their
bananas. One of the ladies has another video where she is preparing sushi,
fish, a food high in protein. So they are getting protein from other
sources. 8. Lastly, there is no such thing as “cleansing the body.” Your
intestinal tract, from mouth to anus, is just the way it needs to be. You
don’t have to clean it out.

Steve Jobs was a fruitarian. He died of pancreatic cancer at a very early
age. In fact, when Ashton Kutcher was doing research for the role in the
Jobs biopic, he tried the fruitarian diet and had to stop due to pancreatic
issues.

Wooow, I am super shocked right now! I just went to check Slovenian (this
is the country where I live) most famous web page with news and there I saw
your picture. I checked the article and it said: She ate bananas for 12
days and look what happened… And the article is actually positive, it
only contains one part with some ‘specialist’ words that eating only one
food for long time is not ok. And the article also contains this video. I
am very happy that people in my country are slowly finding raw food diet

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